Candidates for local office must submit a petition containing thirty (30) signatures or one percent of registered voters, whichever is less. 17 V.S.A. §2681(b). The petition shall contain the name of the candidate, the name of the office, and the term of the office sought. Along with their petition, candidates must file a consent of candidate form with the municipal clerk.

Petitions must be turned in to the municipal clerk no later than 5 p.m. on the 6th Monday preceding the election (late January for March Town Meeting Day).

See 17 V.S.A. §2647. An auditor cannot be town clerk, town treasurer, selectboard member, first constable, collector of taxes (current or delinquent), trustee of public funds, road commissioner, water commissioner, sewage system or sewage disposal commissioner, or district school director. A spouse of any of these officers cannot be an auditor.

A selectboard member or school board member cannot be a first constable, collector of taxes, town treasurer, auditor, or town agency. Selectboard members cannot be a lister or an assessor.

Town managers cannot hold any elected office in the town or school district.

Any registered voter in your municipality. However, voters can not sign more than one petition for the same office, unless more than one nomination is to be made. For example, if there are more than one open seats on the selectboard, a voter could sign a petition for each of these two seats. 17 V.S.A. §2354.